Hello, the internets! I am hoping you can help me with what is clearly a very important question ( Read more... )

I got a completely awesome book from the library, STORIED CITY by Leonard S. Marcus, which is a CHILDREN'S BOOK WALKING-TOUR GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY. It's full of places where authors and characters lived ( Read more... )

Today, I woke up angry that people out there refer to a type of scene as a "Xander and the yellow crayon" trope when it's OBVIOUSLY a "Meg rescues CW from IT" one ( Read more... )

The Berenstain Bears turning overtly and didactically religious is one of the most upsetting children's lit-related things to happen in years.

Say you walk into a bakery ( Read more... )

Long week is long. Yesterday I was supposed to work my normal hours, but someone called in, so I stayed til close because having just one person do that is just CRUEL. And this screwed up my time table for everything! When you procrastinate enough, two hours can change a LOT of things ( Read more... )

BRB, LOLING FOREVERI am so entertained at the six icons my LJ chose to keep upon expiration of paid account ( Read more... )

ARRGH THIS HAS BEEN SITTING HERE I THOUGHT I POSTED IT EARLIER >:(

If you have time in the next- well, now it's two hours, BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TWELVE- vote for "Chaucer's First Winter" so that it can be a book in a Cheerios box!

(penmage explains in more detail here, but if you don't care, just go click anyway. :D? :D ( Read more... )

Who has two thumbs and is part of a judging panel for the CYBILS?

*counts*

YEAH IT'S TOTALLY ME.

(And a bunch of other people, or whatever. BUT ME TOO.)

lol grinning like an idiot. TODAY I AM SUCCESSFUL ON THE INTERNETS! \o/

What are some of your favorite children's lit (picturebook through YA, I'm not picky) quotes? I want to decorate my walls.